49ers Hope to Fulfill Deebo Samuel's Request

During this week's NFL Scouting Combine, Lynch indicated the team might have to look into a trade of Samuel due to "financial constraints."

“You know, still not interested,” Lynch began when asked about Samuel. “But along those lines of the financial constraints, and some conversations we’ve had with Deebo — it’s something that we’ve been forthright with that. We’re on good terms with Deebo. He’s asked for a fresh start and I think we’re going to honor that.

“Don’t like seeing great players — and he is a great player, I think often one of my favorite draft picks in my time. He makes plays. He makes game-changing plays. Everything’s good. But at some point, time happens and he asked for that, we don’t always — there’s contracts and things. But it probably makes sense, so we’re at least allowing him to look. And we’re having conversations, we’ll see how it goes.”

Lynch said he understands Samuel's stance on wanting to be traded but preferred to keep those discussions in-house.

“Those are personal conversations. And like I said, everybody’s on good terms,” Lynch said. “Hopefully, we find a great place and then we’ll have to make a decision if we don’t. But there’s been a lot of interest around the league.”